mensurate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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verb determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

First attested in 1653; borrowed from Latin mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of measure.

While we contemplate the magnificence of the universe, and mensurate the fitness and adaptation of one part to another, the small philosopher hangs upon a hair or creeps within a wrinkle, and cries out shrilly from his elevation that we are blind and superficial. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor

measure, measure out

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